I'm still deciding about this one. I almost feel guilty for beginning a new book immediately after I finished because it's still sinking in. The way the English patient's backstory slowly came to light was highly compelling; his history was too, as well as disturbing. I also enjoyed learning about Kip though I'm still not sure what it was he got from Hana. By the end I still felt that Caravaggio and Hana needed more attention. For me this seems like a book to be read in a classroom/group setting in order to attain a better understanding of it through analysis and discussion. Does that make a book a classic?